Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 2.djvu/1077

 PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980

94 STAT. 2355

Such assistance may not be used for purposes of land acquisition, final facility design, equipment purchase, construction, startup or operation activities. "(C) Where appropriate, any State receiving assistance under this paragraph may make all or any part of such assistance available to municipalities within the State to carry out the activities specified in Ante, p. 2353. section 4003(b)(1)(A) and (B).". (3) Section 4008 of such Act is amended by adding the following new Grants. 42 USC 6948. sulDsection at the end thereof: "(f) ASSISTANCE TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR ENERGY AND MATERIALS CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY PLANNING ACTIVITIES.—(1) The Ad-

ministrator is authorized to make grants to municipalities, regional authorities, and intermunicipal agencies to carry out activities described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 4003(b)(1). Such grants may be made only pursuant to an application submitted to the Administrator by the municipality which application has been approved by the State and determined by the State to be consistent with any State plan approved or submitted under this subtitle or any other appropriate planning carried out by the State. "(2) There is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year Appropriation beginning October 1, 1981, and for each fiscal year thereafter before authorization. October 1, 1986, $8,000,000 for purposes of making grants to municipalities under this subsection. No amount may be appropriated for such purposes for the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 1986, or for any fiscal year thereafter.". "(3) Assistance provided by the Administrator under this subsection shall be used only for the purposes specified in paragraph (1). Such assistance may not be used for purposes of land acquisition, final facility design, equipment purchase, construction, startup or operation activities.". (f) Section 4008(d) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by inserting "(1)" after "TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—" and by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof: "(2) In carrying out this subsection, the Administrator is authorized to provide technical assistance to States, municipalities, regional authorities, and intermunicipal agencies upon request, to assist in the removal or modification of legal, institutional, and economic impediments which have the effect of impeding the development of systems and facilities to recover energy and materials from municipal waste or to conserve energy or materials which contribute to the waste stream. Such impediments may include— "(A) laws, regulations, and policies, including State and local procurement policies, which are not favorable to resource conservation and recovery policies, systems, and facilities; "(B) impediments to the financing of facilities to conserve or recover energy and materials from municipal waste through the exercise of State and local authority to issue revenue bonds and the use of State and local credit assistance; and "(C) impediments to institutional arrangements necessary to undertake projects for the conservation or recovery of energy and materials from municipal waste, including the creation of special districts, authorities, or corporations where necessary having the power to secure the supply of waste of a project, to conserve resources, to implement the project, and to undertake related activities.". (g) Section 6003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended to read as follows:

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